If your site uses less than 293,000 KwH per annum, we will aim to read your meter every 6 months. Between these readings, the monthly invoices sent out would be based on estimated readings, unless you supply us with a reading.

If your site uses more gas than this, it will be read on a monthly basis by the meter reading agency.

If customers who use under 293,000 kWh per annum (or 10,000 therms a year) want their own readings to be used for the generation of invoices, rather than estimated readings, then they should contact our customer services department at the end of each month with their own readings. If you contact us at least 5 days before your normal invoice date, then you can ensure that your next invoice will be based on your own actual readings.

Where ‘correction factor’ is a figure that takes into account changes in the volume of gas, based on temperature and pressure differentials and where ‘calorific value’, is a figure that takes into account differences caused by the quality of the gas in the amount of energy generated when the gas is burnt.

Supplies of fuel and power are subject to the standard rate of Value Added Tax, which is currently 20% unless there is a provision for the reduced rate (5%) for qualifying use or zero-rate to apply. The legal provisions for the reduced rate are in the VAT Act 1994, Section 2 (Annex A).

Qualifying use is domestic use and use by a charity for its non-business activities. Regent Gas will apply the standard rate to all supplies unless we are in possession of a signed VAT Declaration Certificate. If you have any doubt that you qualify for reduced rate VAT you should contact your local VAT Office. Call 0845 010 9000 for the National Advice Line.

CCL stands for Climate Change Levy, a tax introduced by the government in April 2001. All UK businesses and public sector organisations pay CCL tax on their energy consumption. It will be shown separately from VAT on your invoice.

Direct Debit. Your payment for the invoiced amount will be automatically taken from your account 10 days after the invoice date.

Standing Order. For fixed monthly amounts. We will work out your monthly payments depending on your annual usage of gas.

BACS: Deposit payments for invoices directly into our account. When you use this method of payment, you must send us remittance advice so that we can correctly allocate the payment to the relevant invoice(s).

Any queries on invoices can usually be resolved by contacting our customer services department. For instance, if you feel that the invoice you received is not reasonable, because the estimated read was either too high or too low, all you need to do is provide us with your own customer reading and we can reissue you with a new, recalculated invoice.

Please note that you should bring any queries such as this to our attention as soon as possible, as direct debit payments are typically made 10 days after the invoice date and we would need to amend your account before this direct debit is taken to avoid any problems.

An updated central gas system, operated by Xoserve, will be implemented in the UK. The central system, also known as UK Link systems, supports gas settlement and supply point administration on behalf of gas transporters. Project Nexus is being managed by Ofgem and PwC and is currently on track for implementation on 01 June 2017.